RDKB Wildfire Update, Aug. 21, 3:45 p.m.
Overview · There are currently more than 151 fires burning within the Southeast Fire Centre. · Evacuation alert rescinded for 22 addresses near the Toronto Creek Fire as that fire is now under control. · 58 addresses remain on Evacuation Alert in the RDKB in two areas near the Santa Rosa and Lynch Creek...
East Pointers at the Flying Steamshovel in October
Rossland’s Flying Steamshovel often hosts musicians who perform in larger centres on their tours. One example is the East Pointers, a JUNO-award-winning, Celtic-inspired Canadian trio who will play at the Shovel in October. They’re beginning their fall tour in a few places south of the border, such as...
Editorial: How to avoid . . . breathing?
Recent announcements on air quality have stressed the hazards of breathing smoky air to children, old people, and anyone with respiratory issues such as asthma. But it’s bad for everyone, and we should all avoid it, whatever our age and level of health. Need convincing? Here’s some information about wildfire smoke from the...
Good news from RDKB, 22 addresses no longer on evac alert
On the advice of the BC Wildfire Service, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has rescinded an evacuation alert for 22 addresses near the Toronto Creek Fire, on the east side of the Granby River Valley. The Toronto Creek Fire is now fully contained and guarded, and classified as under control by the BC Wildfire Service....
RDKB Update: Fire danger remains extreme across entire Kootenay Boundary
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Emergency Operations Centre continues to monitor the wildfire situation in the Boundary region, RDKB staff said there are currently more than 151 fires burning within the Southeast Fire Centre with 80 addresses remaining on Evacuation Alert in the region, including three areas near...
Op/Ed: Wildsight comments on Columbia River Treaty negotiations
By Wildsight Representatives of the Canadian and American federal governments met on August 15th and 16th for the second round of negotiations to update the 54-year old Columbia River Treaty. The meetings were held, not in Ottawa or Washington, but in Nelson, in the Canadian Columbia River Basin. The treaty between the two ...
Final stamp put on cannabis legislation; no grow ops proposal defeated
There was no smoke or fire as the city took its final toke on the document that will legislate the use, production and sale of cannabis in Grand Forks. City council passed final reading of the Zoning Bylaw amendment late last month that included several points pertaining to cannabis. However there was no discussion on the...
RDKB says 55 homes under evacuation alert; air quality very poor
The Emergency Management Service is activating the Emergency Operations Centre to Level 1 to support wildfire response within the RDKB, according to Chris Marsh, RDKB manager of emergency programs. He also said roughly 55 homes in the region are being put on evacuation alert due to wildfire activity. “On Aug. 11, the Granby...
No Sulphuric Acid Spill -- This Time
This morning a Harms Pacific transport truck and trailer contracted by International Raw Materials Ltd. (IRM), carrying sulphuric acid, went off Highway 22 just west of Rossland. According to a news release by IRM, no sulphuric acid has spilled at this time; emergency services vehicles are on-site and there is no threat to...
City of Trail meets with IRM following recent acid spills
The City of Trail would like to provide the public with an update on the action the City has taken since the two sulphuric acid spills that occurred on April 10 and May 23, 2018 on Highway 3B (Highway 22). “Trail City Council and staff have been in frequent communication with the appropriate officials in regard to the acid ...
